Efraim Inbar, director of Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Israel's Bar-Ilan University is pessimistic about prospects for a breakthrough soon.

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The request must come with a recommendation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to Inbar.

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"Now we're talking about a permanent easing, " Israeli military spokesman Maj Guy Inbar told the Associated Press news agency.

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Bolton, Inbar and Pipes take for granted that Israel is uninterested in asserting or retaining control over Gaza, Judea, and Samaria.

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